‘Bringing Art to the Community’

Goleta Valley Art Association celebrates 60th anniversary

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Goleta Valley Art Association will celebrate 60 years of “Bringing Art to the Community” with a special luncheon March 11 at the Glen Annie Golf Club, 405 Glen Annie Road in Goleta.

The program portion of the event will feature highlights of the organization’s past 60 years, including its founding by a small group of artists in 1963, led by Warren Fuller, who mounted their first showing at a bank in Goleta.

Douglass Parshall was elected as the first president that year.

“We are delighted to be able to gather with fellow members and friends in the community for our first annual luncheon since 2019 to celebrate 60 years of fulfilling our mission to bring art to the community,” said Elizabeth U. Flanagan, GVAA president.

She is one of 46 to serve as president over the 60 years, some serving multiple years as is Ms. Flanagan, who began her service as president in 2017.

The organization’s first meeting place was in the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce office with 16 members.

More recently, the organization has had showings at the Goleta Valley Library, Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Central Library, La Cumbre Plaza, Camino Real Marketplace and various galleries in Santa Barbara.

GVAA resumed in-person shows in 2022 at both libraries. An exhibition/sale at the Faulkner Gallery ended Feb. 27, and the next two shows are scheduled Saturday through March 30 and April 1 through 26 at GVL.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara City College Theatre Group will perform Ken Ludwig’s “A Comedy of Tenors” March 1-18 at the Garvin Theatre on the college’s west campus in the 900 block of Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara. The curtain will rise at 7:30 p.m. March 1 and after that, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 18. The March 1 and 2 performances are preview shows. The 2 p.m. March 5 performance will be livecaptioned for the hearing-impaired. Tickets range from $18 to $26 for general admission, with discounts for students, seniors and SBCC staff. To purchase, go to www. theatregroupsbcc.com or by calling the Garvin Box Office at 805-9655935.

MARCH 2

5 to 8 p.m. “SURREAL WOMEN: Surrealist Art by American Women” will open with a 1st Thursday reception at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery, 11 E. Anapamu St. The exhibit will be on display Friday through April 24. For more information, www.sullivangoss. com.

7:30 p.m. The Miro Quartet will perform at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara. Admission is $20 for museum members and $25 for nonmembers.

7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara City College Theatre Group will perform Ken Ludwig’s “A Comedy of Tenors” at the Garvin Theatre on the college’s west campus in the 900 block of Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara.

Tickets range from $18 to $26 for general admission, with discounts for students, seniors and SBCC staff.

To purchase, go to www. theatregroupsbcc.com or by calling the Garvin Box Office at 805-9655935.

MARCH 3 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “SURREAL

WOMEN: Surrealist Art by American Women” is on display through April 24 at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery, 11 E. Anapamu St. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. For more information, www.sullivangoss.com.

7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara City College Theatre Group will perform Ken Ludwig’s “A Comedy of Tenors” at the Garvin Theatre on the college’s west campus in the 900 block of Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara.

Tickets range from $18 to $26 for general admission, with discounts for students, seniors and SBCC staff. To purchase, go to www. theatregroupsbcc.com or by calling